PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Ministry of Defence: Health and Safety (17 October 2024)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Ms Julie Minns (Labour)
Answer
Health and Safety Notices of Contravention (NOC) can be issued to any organisation within Defence at a local level and this information is not held centrally by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). However, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) publishes details of NOC it has issued to organisations including the MOD on its website which can be found at this link - Notices found - Enforcement notices public (hse.gov.uk).
Furthermore, it may be helpful to provide a list of Crown Censures which are served on the department by the HSE for a more serious breach of health and safety law if the HSE deems that, but for Crown immunity, there would have been sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction.
The MOD and Reserve Forces and Cadet Associations have received the following Crown Censures since 2013:-
Date | Organisation |
25/01/2013 | Army |
02/03/2015 | Army |
31/03/2016 | Joint Forces Command |
29/09/2016 | Army |
09/02/2018 | Navy |
03/03/2017 | Defence Equipment & Support |
02/09/2020 | Navy |
28/09/2020 | Joint Forces Command |
14/12/2020 | East Midlands Reserve Forces & Cadets Association |
05/05/2022 | MOD |
11/07/2022 | Navy |
08/05/2024 | Army |
03/10/2024 | Army |
Answered by:
Al Carns (Labour)
28 October 2024
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